peacetime

CEFRB2

/ˈpiːstaɪm/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A period when a country is not fighting a war.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    The period of time when a nation or people is at peace, not fighting a war.

Examples

  • In peacetime, we worked five days a week.

  • Soldiers began to come home and find peacetime jobs.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Deep Dive

More examples

In context
  • When the country was blockaded during the second world war and the nation’s farmers were told to convert scrub and pasture to sown fields, arable land doubled. In peacetime, the patriotic drive for self-sufficiency continued

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The country reduced its defense budget during blank to focus on education.

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Origin

noun

From peace + time.